CONT928: Level B Assessment: Advanced Application

Course Schedule

Course Description

Level B Assessment: Advanced Application provides you with opportunities to strengthen your assessment skills by extending learning in theory development, advanced assessment techniques and concepts, hypothesis testing and new assessment tools, all of which serve to inform interpretation skills. The focus is on working with exceptional student populations and situations requiring more in-depth referrals, testing, strategies/recommendations, and services.

In addition to the introductory prerequisite course, successful completion of this course will qualify you to perform/administer Level B assessments in K–12 schools in BC. Note that it will be up to your district student services team to decide who and how assessments can be performed in your designated school(s).

What You Will Learn and Do

In this course you’ll have the opportunity to

• discover and practice new Level B assessment tools to enhance the assessment process
• incorporate advanced results into meaningful recommendations and student learning profiles to present to parents, the student and the student learning service team
• use Level B advanced assessment techniques to solidify understanding and application of advanced assessment theory
• complete two full comprehensive assessments with two students/examinees demonstrating the integration of advanced concepts
• apply advanced concepts in special circumstances and with a student with complex learning/neurocognitive/social emotional needs
• apply foundational assessment knowledge from the introductory course to assessment process skills in the advanced course
• evaluate results from a brain-based learning context using current theory and BC Ministry of Education documents to guide interpretation 
• meet with your instructor and colleagues in webinars for feedback from the instructor and to discuss the final module and report

Application Requirements

CONT911 Level B Assessment must be taken prior to CONT928 Level B Assessment: Advanced Application.

Courses and Post-Graduate Certificates are approved by TQS for Category Upgrade. If you would like these courses to be used towards Category Upgrading, you must have a valid BC Teacher Certificate.

ECEs, EAs, and other education professionals are welcome to take the courses without Certification.

Course Materials

Course participants are required to have access to at least one Level B achievement test from their workplace (either from the school or central office). Candidates will need to administer a Level B assessment test to two school-age children with complex learning needs (e.g., multiple learning difficulties and neurocognitive difficulties [ADHD]).

Examples of recommended Level B assessment tools and protocols for training purposes include:

• Woodcock-Johnson Test of Achievement (WJ IV Ach)
• Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Oral Language (WJ IV OL)
• Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT-III)
• KeyMath3
• Test of Word Reading Efficiency (TOWRE2)
• Gray Oral Reading Test (GORT-5)

If your school district does not have the most current edition, an older edition can be used. If your district has assessment kits other than those listed above, go to Pearson Clinical Canada or Nelson Assessments to verify that those test kits are for Level B assessments. Be sure to inform your instructor about your plans. If you are still unsure, email cedmail@queensu.ca. 

Note that this course requires you to access student school files and administer a Level B assessment with two students. It will be important to discuss your plans and request approval from your school administrator. Signed parental consent will also be required to review a student’s school file, undertake Level B assessment work, and report on results.

Candidates who are required to provide a letter of enrolment to their Special Education department to access the Level B tests may do so by contacting cedmail@queensu.ca.

Accommodations

Applicants who require accommodations for a specific learning need (e.g., learning disability) within their AQ/ABQ course, should click here for further information and support.

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Refund Schedule

If you drop a course:

1. by the midpoint of the course, you will receive 100% of your course fee.
2. after the midpoint, before the end of the course, you will receive 50% of your course fee.

For more about our refund policies, visit our Fees & Refunds page.